so there you go. >> is that joe being joe? >> part of it is joe being joe but again it's an attempt to take away attention to the issue and seriousness of it i wish in the middle of one of joe's historical laughing fits that paul would have stopped in mid sentence, just stopped, silence would have broken everything and he would have turned to joe biden and said excuse me, mr. vice president, i have been talking about the fact that iran is this close to getting nuclear devices, i'm pretty sure that in israel tonight, as parents are tucking their children into bed wondering if they are going to be vaporized they are not laughing. could you please share with all of us what is so doggone funny? i think -- >> -- that would have been effective. >> in one of those moments you wish -- you think you want to say something to someone you want to walk away i should have said that it didn't happen. who won the debate? when you look at those numbers. democrats were energized and thrilled when he did what president obama didn't do. laughing